If you take glucomannan before a meal, it acts almost like a control rod in a nuclear fission reaction in that it blunts blood sugar levels. It also makes you feel full. Talk about a one-two fat-fighting punch!

If you need to decide what to eat, track down those foods in the proper amounts, and then finally take a bite — the chances of you skipping that meal are much higher. Here's how to take the thinking out of eating.

The days of eating mass quantities of food and putting on as much blubber in the off-season as possible are over. The new approach consists of a series of mini-cycles of caloric surplus and caloric deficit.